Lazy Cakes

After living in a neighborhood for a few years, one tends to claim their spots… Their grocery store, their dry cleaners, their Thai take-out place - even their gas station, which holds especially true for East Nashville, as (in my opinion) there’s one gas station that sets the bar for the other gas stations: the Shell at Five Points.

The attendants are friendly (and often jamming to hip hop, reggae, or maybe even a little Shakira), it’s fairly clean, and (BEST of all), they have some really weird (and awesome) stuff. For instance, we’ve bought five or six name patches, which bear names such as “Chuck” (which we gave to our friend Chuck, or course), Earl, Judy, Marty, etc., and because of the faded yellow packaging and film of dust, one can only assume that these are legitimate “antiques” from the ’70s or early 80s. Basically, this place has awesome/hilarious stuff that you think is a GREAT purchase at 2 a.m. on Saturday after a few hours at 3 Crow Bar. Yep.

The point of this blog post, however, is to document a gas station event from last night. Ryan and I were out and about and decided to stop at the Shell for a couple bottles of water. Ryan, having been a little under the weather the past few days, also checked out the medicine aisle while he was inside. After the attendant asked him what kind of medicine he was needing, he explained he wanted something for his cold/allergies, as well as something that would help him get some sleep. After hearing this, the attendant told Ryan that he didn’t need to look at the medicines - he just needed a “Lazy Cake”. Of course, Ryan proceeded to ask about this so-called “cake” and was told that “if he needed something to help him relax, he definitely needs a Lazy Cake”… He followed the attendants gaze and saw a shelf of brownies labeled “Lazy Cakes”. Suspicious, huh? Ryan opted to pass on the Lazy Cakes this time, but told the attendant he’d be back to try them soon.

I’m pretty sure I laughed for 15 minutes after he relayed this story to me last night, but now I’m just intrigued! What the heck is in a Lazy Cake? Maybe Ryan should try one and report back?

Oh, and don’t worry… These don’t have anything too “weird” in them, just stuff like melatonin, valerian root, and rose hips, according to my online research. There’s even an article on Lazy Cakes on npr.org: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/04/134259889/lazy-cakes-leave-you-well-lazy.

I’ll keep you posted on our trials.